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LBV Properties v. Greenport Development Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 21, 1992
188 A.D.2d 588 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)

Opinion

December 21, 1992

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Cohalan, J.).


Ordered that the appeals from the orders dated November 26, 1990, and October 25, 1991, respectively, are dismissed; and it is further,

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed; and it is further,

Ordered that the respondent is awarded one bill of costs.

The appeals from the intermediate orders must be dismissed because the right of direct appeal therefrom terminated with the entry of judgment in the action (see, Matter of Aho, 39 N.Y.2d 241, 248). The issues raised on appeal from the orders are brought up for review and have been considered on the appeal from the judgment (CPLR 5501 [a] [1]).

The Supreme Court properly granted the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment. In support of its motion, the plaintiff established its case as a matter of law through the production of the mortgage and the unpaid note (see, Metropolitan Distrib. Servs. v DiLascio, 176 A.D.2d 312; Marton Assocs. v Vitale, 172 A.D.2d 501). It was then incumbent upon the appellant to assert any defense which could properly raise a question of fact as to his default on the mortgage (see, Nassau Trust Co. v Montrose Concrete Prods. Corp., 56 N.Y.2d 175; Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v Carbomin Group, 176 A.D.2d 853, 855). The appellant's conclusory and unsubstantiated allegations that the plaintiff behaved in a fraudulent and collusive manner are insufficient to create an issue of fact which would warrant a trial (see, Metropolitan Distrib. Servs. v DiLascio, supra).

Further, the Supreme Court properly directed that the subject real property be sold as one parcel. The parties herein did not dispute that LBV Properties was owed several million dollars by virtue of a consolidated mortgage held on one distinct parcel of land located in Greenport, Long Island. Under these circumstances, a hearing need not have been conducted prior to the issuance of the Referee's report (see, CPLR 4311; Blueberry Investors Co. v Ilana Realty, 184 A.D.2d 906). Moreover, the May 1989 Consolidation and Extension Agreement, to which the appellant was a party, expressly provided that "in case of a foreclosure sale, said premises, or so much thereof as may be affected by said mortgage, may be sold in one parcel".

The appellant's remaining contention is without merit. Mangano, P.J., Bracken, Sullivan and O'Brien, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

LBV Properties v. Greenport Development Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 21, 1992
188 A.D.2d 588 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
Case details for

LBV Properties v. Greenport Development Co.

Case Details

Full title:LBV PROPERTIES, Respondent, v. GREENPORT DEVELOPMENT CO. et al.…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Dec 21, 1992

Citations

188 A.D.2d 588 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
591 N.Y.S.2d 70

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